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MAXIMILIAN G.' WLLDE, OF SOMERVILLE, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF JAMES H;

NOBLE, on PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 793,027; dated July 27, 1869; antedated Juby 15, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GATES.

The Schedulereferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the lame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known'that I, MAXIMILIAN S. G. WILDE, of

Somerville, inthe county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved Gate, of which the following is'a full, clear, and exact description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- ,I Figure 1 represents an elevation or a gate embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged detailed eleyation of a part of the gate; and

Figure 3, an enlarged detailed planof thesame.

Like letters indicate like parts i'n the several figures.

The object. of my invention is to produce a swing- .gate, on which the end farthest from the hinges'is supported independently fromthe latter, thus making the construction of very long gates, as at railroad;- crossings, practicable without the use ,pf heavy structures, massive hinges, braces, or strong posts, and cor'nbinin g economy, lightness, neatness. of appearance, and better protection than the ordii rary-beam-gate; and

My invention consists in balancing the free end of the gate by a weight and on a sliding bar, which latter forms the fulcrum; further, in having the action of'this balancing-weight constant, irrespective of the l ifs.

hinged to a -end to-a lever, D.

The latter is attached with one end to any convenrent part of the gate, so as to give it full swing in a vertical plane, and is provided at the-other end with a movable weight, K. r

The position of the weight K is more or less near the free end of lever D, so as to balance the weight of the gate at the frame to which the bar 0 is attached.

The lower portion of the sliding bar 0 is provided with the roller E, for the purpose of facilitating thef moving of the sliding bar over theground.

When opening the gate, and suppose the ground to I be sloping, the sliding bar will always be pressed downward with the united weight of half the gate and the balancing-weight, and when closing the gate, the

bar will rise with the ground, and thus present an equal resistance to the gate, and supporting it inde-' pendently from the hinges. For iron gates of great length, a number ofsliding bars and weights may befapplied at different portions. of the gate, and thus adjustandrelieve the strain on the'hinges, in proportionto the distances from the same.

I do not confine myself to a weighted lever for bal- I iming the gate, but a suspended weight or a regulated spring may accomplish the same purpose.

For convenience and security, the sliding bar and strap may be encased by a metallic shell or a wooden box. 4

Having thus fully described my' invention,

ters Patent, is-

1-. The sliding bar 0, in combination with a swinggate or door, for the purpose as above specified.

'2. The combination of the sliding bar 0 with a I strap andweight, K, in vthe manner and for the purposesubstantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed myname to this specification, in the; presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAXIMILIAN S. G. WILDE.

Witnesses: Oms.. 0. WILDE,

' JULIUS A. WILDE.

What 1' claimas new, and desire to secure by Let- 

